It made perfect sense that they came at night. It must havebeen an army of painters who arrived at the famous 5 Pointzbuildingin Queens, New York, on the 19th of November2013. For the last time, they looked up on the walls coveredwith the colors that they were about to remove from thebuilding, best described as the Mecca of graffiti. When themorning came, the building was white-washed – primed in thesame way as the graffiti painters sometimes prepare theirwalls. Washed away was also the possibility for 5 Pointz tobe preserved as a listed building. Under the white paint I canbarely make out a quote. It reads: Rest in Paint. (excerptfrom text by David Molander)